Phillips v. Texas

Jun 23, 1986
No. 85-6523; No. 85-6545; No. 85-6696; No. 85-6963; No. 85-6974
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6523, 701 S. W. 2d 875; No. 85-6545, 484 So. 2d 1235; No. 85-6696, 702 S. W. 2d 840; No. 85-6963, 705 S. W. 2d 19; No. 85-6974, 474 So. 2d 808.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.